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Mosul, Industrial area in Arabi, Nineveh, Iraq

شركة البناء الجاهز

At least 21 civilians including 13 children reportedly died after an alleged night time Coalition strike on an abandoned factory in Mosul, which was being used by Daesh. The Coalition later said it had targeted an ‘ISIL weapons production facility’ in the city. This may also have been linked to the terror group’s chemical weapons…

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Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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28 February 2016

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Hajj Abdul Hamid Al-Tajra Building, Military neighbourhood, vicinity of Al-Shirqat General Hospital, Al-Shirqat, Salah al-Din, Iraq

عمارة الحاج عبد الحميد التجرة، الحي العسكري قرب مستشفى الشرقاط العام، الشرقاط

Seven members of the Baydar family, including three women and a child, were killed and an infant was injured when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit the Baydar family's home in the Military neighbourhood in Al-Shirqat, Iraq early in the morning on February 28, 2016. According to testimony from a family member who survived the attack…

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23 February 2026

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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26 February 2016

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Mosul, Baghdad Street, Nineveh, Iraq

شارع بغداد

Local sources reported that up to 5 civilians died, including children, when more than 30 Daesh fighters were killed and injured in alleged Coalitions strike on the Mayer garage near Baghdad Street in eastern Mosul. According to NRN News, the night time attack targeted 40 trucks being used by Daesh to transport goods between Syria…

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26 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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25 February 2016

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Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

Local sources claimed that at least 13 and as many as 46 civilians from ‘ISIS families’ – including children and women – were killed when their bus was bombed between Qayarrah and Shura south of Mosul as it was trying to cross the Iraqi-Syrian border. The bodies were reportedly transferred to the Forensic Medicine institution…

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25 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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20 February 2016

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Ameriat al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq

عامرية الفلوجة

Ameriat Al Fallujah council complained that a mistaken strike by undefined aircraft had hit a civilian house in the village 17km south of Fallujah, which resulted in the death of one civilian and the injuring of 7 others. According to Shaker Mahmoud, head of the council, the strike hit a house in the Heramat Amiriyah…

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20 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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18 February 2016

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Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

As many as 26 civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Ar Rutbah, in Anbar province. A video released by Daesh-linked Al A’amaq showed an apparent ‘double-tap’ strike when the location was again bombed shortly afterwards. The Yagen agency reported that “aggressive Coalition strikes killed ten civilians and wounded…

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18 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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18 February 2016

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Fatha, Nineveh, Iraq

Four civilians were reported killed and two injured during an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Fatha north of Mosul according to Al Araby, which said the bodies were transfered to a local morgue. No additional information is presently available. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they…

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18 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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17 February 2016

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Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

According to multiple local sources, a Coalition or Iraqi government aircraft struck the Sina’i, Bakir and Jame’iya neighbourhoods in Hit district, western Anbar, resulting in the deaths of 2 or 3 civilians and the injuring of 5 more. Daesh-linked Al A’amaq said the strikes were the work of the Coalition. The Iraqi Spring Media Center…

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17 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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16 February 2016

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Ar Rayhaniyah, Nineveh, Iraq

الرحمانية

In an incident previously untracked by Airwars, CENTCOM issued a statement on July 28th 2016 saying that it had injured a civilian during an airstrike on Ar Rayhaniyah: The official release noted that “On February 16, 2016, in Ar Rayhaniyah, Iraq near Mosul, during a strike on an ISIL vehicle, it is assessed that one…

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16 February 2016

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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15 February 2016

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Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq

As many as nine civilians were killed in a nighttime Coalition airstrike at Al Qaim. While the US has conceded three deaths, one site referred at the time to “nine dead along with the destruction of civilian property, due to heavy strikes by the international Coalition at midnight yesterday on the city of Al Qaim.”…

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15 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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13 February 2016

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Mahalabiya, Nineveh, Iraq

المحلبية

Three children reportedly died in an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Mahalabiya, to the west of Mosul. An anonymous source cited by Face Iraq complained that there was “constant indiscriminate shelling on the villages and areas of the city of Mosul, under the pretext of the presence of criminal elements from Daesh.” In…

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13 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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10 February 2016

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Mosul, Karama, Nineveh, Iraq

حي الكرامة

A number of sources reported that at least seven civilian forced labourers were killed in an alleged Coalition on a Daesh pickup truck. The incident took place in the main street area of Karama, a neighbourhood to the east of Mosul. NRN News said that the civilians were being used by Daesh as forced labourers to demolish graves…

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10 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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10 February 2016

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Mosul, Mazari / Farms, Nineveh, Iraq

حي المزارع

An alleged Coalition targeted strike on a secret ISIL medical facility reportedly killed 16 doctors, seven Daesh fighters and an unspecified number of patients according to a single source. According to NINA, “the international Coalition carried out airstrikes in eastern Mosul which targeted a secret hospital for Daesh elements. The attack killed 16 Daesh doctors…

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10 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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6 February 2016

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Ramadi (Al Bosaleh), Al Anbar, Iraq

There were reports of two or three civilian homes in Al Bosaleh village east of Ramadi were struck by the Coalition in the morning, killing at least 17 civilians – including up to 13 from the Alibohvd clan. Yaqen included a reported image (right) of one of the destroyed homes. However, the site also suggested…

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6 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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4 February 2016

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Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

Several sources reported that an alleged Coalition air strike had hit the Qalqah area of Hit City, resulting in the deaths of up to six civilians and the wounding of 11 others, most of them women and children. Photographs obtained by the Iraqi Spring Media Center appeared to show significant damage, with a number of…

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4 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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4 February 2016

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Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq

قرية الفاضلية

Three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Fadhiliya. According to the Iraqi National News Agency, "the bombardment of Fadhiliya village at the foot of Mount Bachik, resulted in the deaths of three civilians and the wounding of two others." There is currently no other known source available.

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4 February 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Turkish Military

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26 January 2016

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Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

According to multiple reports, an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hawijah resulted in at least 13 civilian deaths. Al Jazeera reported that 16 died in the incident, which it attributed to the Coalition. The Al Amaq Agency (which often distributes Islamic State propaganda) reported that 13 civilians died in a ‘Coalition strike’ while 11 were injured.…

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26 January 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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21 January 2016

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Mosul, Jaza'ir / Algeria and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq

الموصل‎

Several local sources claimed 10 civilians were killed and 20 injured in alleged Coalition strikes on Mosul. According to anti-government site Yaqen, “the international airline alliance this morning carried out several air strikes” in central Mosul which in turn killed 10 civilians and ‘substantially damaged’ a number of homes. Meanwhile, the pro-government site Al Rassid…

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21 January 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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21 January 2016

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Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

Local sources claimed Coalition airstrikes had struck residential homes in Abu Teban village in Hit, west of Ramadi, resulting in the deaths of eight civilians and the injuring of a further 18 – described as mostly women and children. Responding to a request for clarification about possible involvement given declared UK strikes between Ramadi and…

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21 January 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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20 January 2016

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Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

The Iraqi Spring Media Centre claimed that “Coalition fighters” had struck civilians in north-west Ramadi, killing 13 civilians and injuring a further 18. Particular news described the alleged Coalition strike as ‘retaliatory’ though gave no further details while noting that there was also significant material damage to civilian houses in the area. Responding to a…

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20 January 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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18 January 2016

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Mosul, Exhibitions area, Nineveh, Iraq

المعارض المنفيس

Multiple local sources claimed that 11 civilians were killed and 6 others wounded after Coalition aircraft allegedly targeted cars in the Exhibitions area east of Mosul. According to the National Iraqi News Agency, residents in the city’s Exhibitions area said the casualties occurred when aircraft fired on vehicles: “The bodies of civilians were handed over to…

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18 January 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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16 January 2016

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Tell Yara, Bashiqa, Nineveh, Iraq

A spokesman for the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) stated that 12 civilians were injured in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Tell Yara in Bashiqa, north of Mosul. Ghiyath Alsurja, a media official with the KDP, told reporters that the Coalition had targeted Daesh facilities in the village 17 km north of Mosul, killing…

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16 January 2016

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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14 January 2016

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Mosul, Cultural group (Daash court headquarters), Nineveh, Iraq

الثقافية

There were effectively single-source claims that an alleged Coalition strike on a Mosul court killed 33 civilians who had been detained on petty charges by so-called Islamic State. Three judges also reportedly died. According to Al Mustaqbal, the Coalition targeted “a former Social Welfare Department building” which now functions as a court. The three ISIL…

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14 January 2016

Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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12 January 2016

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Al Qaim, Al Anbar, Iraq

On October 27th 2017 the Coalition published an assessment of a civilian casualty event dated January 12th 2016, naming Airwars as the source of reporting. The Coalition’s report stated: “1. Jan. 12, 2016, near Al Qa’im, Iraq, via Airwars report. After a review of available information, it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted…

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12 January 2016

U.S.-led Coalition

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11 January 2016

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Mosul, Al Rasheed Bank in Zuhoor, Nineveh, Iraq

بنك الرشيد

At least two civilians and as many as seven were killed, and five injured, in a confirmed Coalition airstrike on an ISIS-controlled bank in central Mosul. The attack was aimed at destroying millions of dollars of terror cash – with US officials prepared to accept up to 50 civilian casualties to achieve their objective, according…

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11 January 2016

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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Ramadi, Sofiya, Al Anbar, Iraq

Some local media reported that two families consisting of 14 civilians were killed in an unattributed airstrike on Sofiya in Ramadi. While Yaqen also reported that 14 civilians had died, it blamed the deaths on Iraq Army artillery. In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied responsibility for the event, saying that it…

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Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

Local media service Hit News claimed that Coalition airstrikes had struck a residential building in Hit. No further details are presently available. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as "non-credible", stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the…

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U.S.-led Coalition

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Hit and Thaiyala, Al Anbar, Iraq

Local sources said that airstrikes – possibly by the Coalition – had struck civilians in Hit and Thaiyala in Anbar province, resulting in deaths and injuries of multiple civilians including women and children. Face Iraq reported that 12 bodies of civilians were later evacuated from Thaiyala, “killed in bombings which had resulted in the deaths…

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Civilians reported killed

U.S.-led Coalition

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30 December 2015

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Mosul, Sumer, Nineveh, Iraq

Ten civilian prisoners were reportedly killed in an alleged 5 am Coalition strike on Mosul which targeted the Nineveh provincial council building. According to A3Maq, “international coalition aircraft launched at dawn on Wednesday several raids in which some 20 rockets were fired, The aircraft targeted the marriage contracts office, the Office of the Ombudsman and…

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30 December 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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30 December 2015

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Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

An alleged Coalition strike at Hit in Anbar resulted in the deaths of four named civilians. Hit News reported that Coalition strikes hit the area around the Khaled Saadoun mosque and a nearby industrial district “resulting in the deaths of a number of innocent citizens.” In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports,…

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30 December 2015

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

U.S.-led Coalition

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